One of the many acute challenges during the pandemic has been the departure of approximately 18% of the U.S. healthcare workforce,4 resulting in staffing shortages in hospitals. This has impacted the well-being of the remaining healthcare practitioners 5 as well as their patients – many of whom are deferring care that is vital to disease management and overall maintenance of health,6,7 or who do not have access to timely emergency care.1 Though such challenges may be perceived as insurmountable
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Definitive Healthcare Acquires Analytical Wizards, Healthcare Analytics Platform
What You Should Know:
- This week, Definite Healthcare announced the acquisition of Analytical Wizards, an advanced analytics company revolutionizing analytics in healthcare by combining our AI/ML-powered technology, domain expertise, and high-touch relationship model. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Founded in 2015, Analytical Wizards automates complex analytic models using tools that expedite efficient big data mining using artificial intelligence (AI) and
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Viz.ai Awarded 510(k) Clearance for AI-Powered Cerebral Aneurysm Detection Solution
What You Should Know:
- Viz.ai, a San Francisco-based provider of AI-powered intelligent care coordination for stroke, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for Viz ANEURYSM (formerly Viz ANX), the first and only AI-powered cerebral aneurysm detection solution designed to facilitate population screening and enhanced care management.
- The new algorithm uses AI to detect suspected cerebral aneurysms, enabling hospital systems
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GuideWell Becomes First U.S. Payer to Automate Prior Authorizations
What You Should Know:
- GuideWell, one of the 10 largest health insurance providers in the U.S., became the first U.S. payer to automate prior authorization approvals through AI-powered clinical reviews from Olive, resulting in faster care for patients — up to 10 days faster — and greater provider satisfaction.
- After launching a pilot with Olive in Florida, GuideWell saw its time to decision reduced by 10 days when immediate responses were available, decreased unnecessary prior
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Story Health Secures $22.6M for AI-Driven Virtual Specialty Care Platform Across Cardiology
What You Should Know:
- Story Health, a health technology and services company that extends specialty care into patient’s homes raises $22.6M in Series A funding co-led by Northpond Ventures and B Capital Group. The round also included participation from new investor LRVHealth and existing investors Define Ventures and General Catalyst, bringing the company’s total funding to approximately $27M.
- The Story Health platform empowers specialists through intelligent embedded clinical software
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Healthcare Is A Cyber Criminal’s Dream, But It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way
Healthcare is a cyber criminal’s dream. It presents the intersection of a data treasure trove, weak security posture, limited resources, complicated supply chain, and patient care delivery. When faced with having to pick a priority to optimize for, healthcare will, of course, always pick delivering healthcare. This means that when tradeoffs must be made and resources are limited immediate patient care is prioritized over anything else.
A great example of this is looking at how
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Medtronic, AWS to Provide Underserved Communities with AI-Assisted Colon Cancer Screening
What You Should Know:
- Medtronic and AWS, today announced a partnership to provide underserved communities with artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted colonoscopy technology through AWS’s $40M Health Equity Assistance Program for colon cancer screening.
- Amazon Web Services will support the effort to provide Medtronic GI Genius™ intelligent endoscopy modules to facilities that primarily serve communities with low screening rates or where access to this technology is not currently
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Unlock Healthcare Data to Improve Patient Care and Operational Efficiency
The ease in which protected health information (PHI) is shared, accessed, and analyzed has a direct impact on clinical productivity, patient care coordination, and health outcomes. Today, clinicians still spend a considerable amount of time typing in, clicking through, and editing electronic health records (EHR). Manually keying-in patient data into fields is not only time-consuming and inefficient, but it can also lead to medical errors if any of the information is typed incorrectly.
This
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Sirona Medical Acquires Nines Radiology AI Division
What You Should Know:
- Sirona Medical, a software company with a cloud-native solution for radiologists, has announced its acquisition of Nines Radiology’s AI division. Sirona Medical did not acquire Nines' teleradiology business, Nines Radiology. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
- This is Sirona’s first acquisition just months after its exit from stealth in Aug. 2021 with a total of $62.5M in Series A & B financing rounds.
Why It Matters
The FDA-cleared medical
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Equip Raises $58M for Virtual, Evidence-Based Eating Disorder Treatment
What You Should Know:
Equip, a provider of virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment in the U.S., today announced a $58M Series B funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to $75M.
The Series B round was led by The Chernin Group (TCG), an early investor in Headspace and was joined by Tiger Global and General Catalyst, as well as existing investors F-Prime Capital, Optum Ventures, and .406 Ventures. Katie Couric Media invested alongside American soccer champion Alex Morgan
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